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Far Away and Long Ago

by W.H. Hudson

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
2006
PAPER
338 PAGES

Hudson's enthralling childhood remembrances are rich with descriptions of the landscapes, birds and nature of Argentina. (SAM11, $34.95)

Argentina, A Traveler's Literary Companion

by Jill Gibian

LITERATURE
2010
PAPER
256 PAGES

These choice stories introduce the landscapes and culture of Argentina, from the Andes to the Pampas, through the eyes of its writers. (ARG97, $14.95)

Insight Guide Argentina

by Insight Guides

GUIDEBOOK
2009
PAPER
384 PAGES

This profusely illustrated guide features concise essays by well regarded authors on natural history, politics and culture. With hundreds of photos and excellent maps. (ARG02, $23.99)

Argentina Map

by National Geographic

2011
MAP

This double-sided map (1:2,000,000) highlights parks and preserves. (ARG12, $11.95)

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Buenos Aires Map

by Borch Maps

2006
MAP

A laminated street map of Buenos Aires and surroundings at a scale of 1:15,000. (ARG38, $8.95)

Culture Smart! Argentina

by Robert Hamwee

GUIDEBOOK
2006
PAPER
168 PAGES

A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (ARG63, $9.95)

Lonely Planet Buenos Aires

by Lonely Planet

GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
256 PAGES

The best of Buenos Aires is included in this practical guide, along with a pullout map and insider recommendations on shopping, eating, sleeping and day trips. (ARG10, $19.99)

Vino Argentino, An Insider's Guide to the Wines and Wine Country of Argentina

by Laura Catena

FOOD
2010
HARD COVER
239 PAGES

This detailed, lushly illustrated guidebook to Argentina's wine region includes recipes, travel information, historical anecdotes, photographs, conversations with winemakers and a useful wine glossary. (ARG117, $27.50)

Buenos Aires, A Cultural History

by Jason Wilson | Alberto Manguel

HISTORY
2000
PAPER
249 PAGES

This well-referenced book offers a look into the geographical history of the city and goes in hand nicely with a more traditional guidebook. The city's underlying themes are laid out: Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar and the European literary tradition; tango, the longing and despair of the music and its roots; the cult of Evita Peron; European-influenced architecture and cafe life; totalitarian politics; and the nearly religious importance of soccer. (ARG21, $15.00)

Estancias: The Great Houses and Ranches of Argentina

by Maria Saenz Quesada | Xavier Verstraeten

CULTURAL PORTRAIT
1992
HARD COVER
200 PAGES

Two dozen magnificent country estates are detailed in this sumptuously illustrated volume, featuring 200 color photographs and a cultural and social history by Maria Saenz Quesada. (ARG62, $75.00)

Forgotten Continent

by Michael Reid

HISTORY
2009
PAPER
400 PAGES

Economist editor Reid draws on his years in the cities, presidential palaces and shantytowns of Central and South America in this portrait of a region rich in oil, farmland and culture, and its prospects in the face of globalization. (SAM123, $22.00)

Tango: the Dance, the Song, the Story

by Simon Collier

CULTURAL PORTRAIT
1997
PAPER
208 PAGES

A spirited, illustrated tribute to the tango, the now-elegant dance born in the brothels among the working class of 19th-century Buenos Aires. (ARG14, $29.95)

The History of Argentina

by Daniel K. Lewis

HISTORY
2003
PAPER
214 PAGES

This brief, scholarly history of Argentina from pre-Columbian times to 2001 focuses closely on the events of the last three decades of the 20th century, including and the legacy of Peron. (ARG86, $20.00)

Evita, The Real Life of Eva Peron

by Nicholas Fraser

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
1996
PAPER
222 PAGES

Separating fact from myth, Frazer traces Evita's life from her humble origins to her place as a revered cult figure, also exploring Peronism and Argentine politics of the 1930s and 1940s. (ARG03, $15.95)

In Patagonia

by Bruce Chatwin

TRAVEL NARRATIVE
1989
PAPER
204 PAGES
FAVORITE

A masterpiece of travel, history and adventure, this award-winning book captures the spirit of the land, history, wildlife and people of Patagonia. There's no travel writer as engaging, insightful and just plain wonderful as Bruce Chatwin. (PAT01, $15.00)

Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien

by Brian Winter

TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2008
HARD COVER
336 PAGES

A journalist posted to the capital during the economic crisis, Winter captures the rhythms and character of Buenos Aires with fearless, profane wit in this wise and rollicking portrait. (ARG80, $24.95)

An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter

by Chris Andrews | Cesar Aira

LITERATURE
2006
PAPER
120 PAGES

This electric little novella is a fictionalized account of a 19th-century German landscape painter's surreal journey into the Argentinean pampas. With an enthusiastic preface by the late Roberto Bolano. (ARG115, $12.95)

Imagining Argentina

by Lawrence Thornton

LITERATURE
2003
PAPER
240 PAGES

A brilliant first novel that captures the hope and spirit of Argentina during the military rule of the late 1970s. This inventive tale focuses on Carlos Rueda and a group of citizens whose relatives disappeared. (ARG01, $15.00)

Labyrinths, Selected Stories and Other Writings

by Jorge Borges

LITERATURE
2007
PAPER
240 PAGES

The best known work by this extraordinary writer. Sometimes bizarre, always hilarious and thought-provoking, this dazzling collection of stories is well worth the effort. (ARG09, $14.95)

Night Flight

by Antoine de Saint Exupery

LITERATURE
1986
PAPER
87 PAGES

Saint Exupery captures the thrill and mystery of early flight in this tale of a pilot alone in a storm over the Andes en route to Buenos Aires. (PAT09, $12.00)

On Argentina

by Jorge Luis Borges

LITERATURE
2010
PAPER
192 PAGES

Borges's literary guide to his beloved Buenos Aires and Argentina, newly translated into English. (ARG110, $15.00)

Purgatory, A Novel

by Tomas Eloy Martinez

LITERATURE
2011
PAPER
288 PAGES

This love story, ghost story and brilliant political allegory -- the great Argentinean novelist's final book before his death in 2010 -- centers around the mysterious reappearance of a man thought to have been one of many disappeared by the military regime 30 years prior. (ARG116, $17.00)

The Buenos Aires Quintet

by Manuel Vazquez Montalban

LITERATURE
2012
PAPER
377 PAGES
COMING IN FEBRUARY

Montalban comments on not just wine, women and song, but also much of Argentina's political and cultural history in this riveting detective tale set against a backdrop of 1970s Buenos Aires culture and the era's repressive military junta. (ARG48, $14.95)

The Honorary Consul

by Graham Greene

LITERATURE
2008
PAPER
288 PAGES

Greene swirls passion, ruin, politics and absurd hope in this tale, he called it his favorite, of a bungled kidnapping in Corrientes, a dusty Provincial city on the border with Paraguay. Not even a real diplomat, the whiskey-drinking, broken down Charley Fortnum, a yerba farmer, is one of Greene's great creations. (ARG85, $16.00)

Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica

by Martin D. la Pena | Maurice Rumboll

FIELD GUIDE
2001
PAPER
224 PAGES

With color plates, range maps and brief descriptions, this is a compact regional guide. (SAM12, $29.95)

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